Selling a junk or dead car in Anderson

The nuisance list in Section 42-62

The section puts cars in plain company. It is unlawful for "the owner, tenant or person in charge of any real property in the city" to let rubbish, scrap lumber, "old refrigerators, washing machines, clothes dryers, stoves, abandoned vehicles" and similar things pile up. Any such pile is "hereby declared to be a nuisance."

Two points follow from the wording:

• Renters are named. Leasing an Anderson house does not push the problem onto the landlord, since the person in charge of the property is listed too.
• Paperwork counts like the engine. A tagged car that will not move fits; so does a running one whose sticker or tag lapsed.

The sections in our Anderson brief show no notice period and no fine for this rule. Those rules may sit in another part of the code, so calling the city beats guessing at your deadline.

Downtown is a one-hour town

If the car quits on the way through downtown Anderson, the limits are short. Section 82-122 caps city-owned spaces at one hour on:

• Main Street, from Market Street to Sharpe Street
• Benson Street, from Main Street to McDuffie Street
• Whitner Street, from Main Street to McDuffie Street

Section 82-121 sets two hours on the block of Main between Market and River. Drivers showing a disabled veteran tag or a handicapped tag or sticker get two hours in the one-hour spaces.

What state law adds in Anderson

In South Carolina the limit is two days on a highway, or one week on land that isn't yours when the owner hasn't said yes. The state also has a "derelict" class: among others, a car past eight years of age whose registration is not current. Officers, Anderson code staff included, can stick a colored tag on such a car as a warning. If it gets towed, both the wrecker and the lot holding it must mail the last registered owner, and any lender on the title, by certified or registered mail. Nobody claims it, and it can go to public auction.

Title, plate and the SCDMV

This page does not list an Anderson County SCDMV branch; the agency keeps its office list on dmv.sc.gov. On the back of an Anderson title, the first assignment takes the buyer's details, the lender if any, odometer, price, sale date and both signatures. Afterward, Form 416 tells the SCDMV the car is sold. The plate is not part of the sale. Use it on your next car or hand it back with Form 452, and stop the insurance.

A replacement title costs $15. When a bank still has a lien, the duplicate is mailed to the bank instead of you. See junk car with no title for older cars that may go without one.

Towns around Anderson

Easley is 20.8 miles off, and Simpsonville and Mauldin are each 26.3. Greenwood is 35.9 miles southeast. The South Carolina page has the statewide steps.

Getting an offer

Selling a dead car in Anderson? Anderson sellers can call (877) 421-6008 or use the offer form. Side yards, rental carports and lots near Whitner Street all work for us.